Tray.



S. G. SINGIETON.

TRAY.

APPLICATION FILED DEI1.2I..I9I7.

LHRMJ Emme-d May28,1918.

TTURNEYS srEEnEnuEn'r srNeLEToN, or BURKE, nonno.'

TRAY.

"ippllationtled December 21, 19.17. Serial No. 208,241.

' T0 anat-mamy @bama- 'Be itknown that I, STEPHEN GILBERT SINGLETGN, a citizen ofthe United States, and ares'ident of Burke, in the county of ShoshoneI and State of Idaho, have invented .certain new and useful Improvements in tion. My invention is an improvement in trays, and has for its object to provide device of Trays, of which the following is a specificathe character specified, especially adapted foi-bakers use, wherein the ltray has a handle which may be swung down into the plane of the tray' or into a position perpendicular to the tray to. facilitate the handling ofthe tray and to support .a protecting screen for the tray, and which may be locked in the last named position.

lin the drawings:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the im proved tray, showing one of the locking a top plan view with the comprises a tray body consisting of a bottom l and upstading side walls 2, and the handle is a yoke shaped or lll-shaped member comprising a body 3 and arms 4 extending vat approximately a rightA angle to the ends of the body and pivotallyconnected to opposite side walls of the tray, as indicated at 5. 4llhe body of the handle` is of greater length thanthe distanceb'etween the-pivotal v the same.

connections 5 of the arms, so that the handle may fold down outside of the side walls of the tray, as shown in Fig. v2, With theloeking means, to be described, also .outside of the sidewalls andbelow the level of the top of .Each of the locking .means comprises a cli l ad]acent arm 4c of the handle, and each clip 'has inwardly extending lugs 7 which are adapted to engage a notch 8 in the/side wall I l of the tray-just above the pivotal connection.

6 which is'mounted to slide upon the` It will be noticed that the clips are formed by bending'a strip of metal about the arm .of the handle, with the ends of the strip bent inwardly and abutting to form'the lug 7. This lug is notched on its under side, as indicated at 9, to enter into locking engagement with the side at the bottom of the notch 8. In use, when the trays, are to be stored, they may be arranged one upon each other, with the handles turned down into the position of Fig. 2. lVhen it is desired to use the handle,,it is swung up into the position of Fig. l, and the locking means are pushed downwardly until the lugs 7 engage the notches `8 in the niannershown in' Fig. 3. The tray handle is now further locked in a position' perpendicular to the plane of the bottom ofthe tray, and this handle may serve as a handle or as a su port for a screen to prevent the access of flies and other insects to the-contents of the tray. To fold the handle it is only necessary to slip the clips upwardly, as indicated at the right of Fig. 1 and in Fig. 4, and when these clips are pushed up near the body 3 of the handle the handle may fold downwardly with the clips outside ofthe side walls of the tray, as shown in Fig. 2.

I claim: f A tray comprising a tray -body.rectangu lar in form and a yoke or lll-shaped handle, consisting of a body extending transversely of the tray and arms pivoted to opposite sides of the tray, a clip mounted to slide on each arm and slidable the full length of the arm and having an inwardly extendin lug, the side wall of the vtray at the arm ebeing notched to receive the lug to lock the handle perpendicular to the plane of the body ofthe tray and thefbody of the handle being of greater length than the distance between the pivotal connection of the handle with the tray for permitting the clips to lit outside of the tray when the handle is folded into the plane ofthe tray.

' STEPHEN GllLBER'l SINGLETN.

Witnesses:

` L. EIWORSTELL,

.,S.. L. SHoNTs.

copies of this patent may be obtained for ve cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Yatents,

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